| Capstan Shafts, The / Consumption Violets |
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| Album: | Consumption Violets | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Capstan Shafts, The | Added: | 07/2007 | |
| Label: | (No Label Information) | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2007-11-18 | Pull Date: | 2008-01-20 |
| Week Ending: | 20 Jan | 16 Dec | 9 Dec |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Aug 25, 2008: | Interminable Nonsense Low Ceilings For Bed Hoppers | 3. | Jan 18, 2008: | Isopanisad Radio Hour Flip Up Casualties | |
| 2. | May 07, 2008: | Radiophonic Tackle Factory, She Makes Amazing Look Stupid | 4. | Dec 13, 2007: | Living Souls She Makes Amazing Look Stupid |
| Album Review |
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| Guest DJ Account Reviewed 2007-11-13 | ||
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The Capstan Shafts – Consumption Violets Lo-fi indie rock. Very, very much like Guided By Voices, a little less variation though. Tons of short songs: 26 songs, 28.5 minutes long. Altogether this isn’t Bee Thousand, but there are some absolute gems in here. Most songs are just vocals, drums, a couple guitars, and a dynamic wall of fuzz. I’ve listened to this CD more than 10 times this past week and enjoy it more every time. The picks are my favs, but you could pop this in and go to any track and you’d probably hear a good song. Also, apparently this CD is a bit of a rarity – it was intended to be released last year but was aborted. Instead Environ Maiden was released this year with a couple of these songs on it. If you appreciate lo-fi rock, especially GBV, you really should listen to this. picks: 22, 12, 17, 14, 5, 2 1 - distorted…very characteristic of rest of cd 2 - a bit of a country hint 3 - prominent fuzzy guitar on this one 4 - little guitar solo to end it 5 - 2 guitars one fuzzy, one acoustic, builds to an nice ending 6 - cute solo ends it 7 - really soft, light guitar running in background adds nice contrast 8 - starts loud, slows down, and builds back up 9 - 2 vocal tracks running 10 - fun, sporadic guitar strums 11 - love the contrasting guitars, this ones a bit more dynamic than the others 12 - a bit of a neutral milk hotel vibe. throws in some random squeaks and noises. solid. 13 - just acoustic strumming 14 - one of the more complete songs 15 - "I don't try, that's why I'm not surprised when I fail" lol 16 - 2 vocals , some “oooing” really like the feel of the chorus, 17 - solid... fuzzy guitar makes a nice entrance… like the lyrics to this one 18 - strumming guitar keeps the beat 19 - prominent vocals 20 - solid backing beat 21 - this song sets up the next one very well 22 - love the yearning in this one 23 - nice backing crooning vocals 24 - quieter than most of the others, softer vocals 25 - very distant vocals this builds up the last track 26 - feels like a goodbye... “anymore!!!” -Kyle Macomber | ||
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